Now that you are becoming acquainted with Final Cut Express, you may want to…locate a previous project that you have cut in iMovie and bring it into Final…Cut Express to add some professional polish to it. Importing iMovie projects…into Final Cut Express 4 from iMovie '08 is done a little differently than it…has been in the past. Now, it starts within the iMovie application itself. As…you can see, I have a project with a series of five shots. A very simple…project. In order to bring this into Final Cut Express so that you can take…advantage of a more professional feature base, go to Share > Export Final Cut…XML. There is some very important information to be pointed out here in the…Export XML box. All of the transitions in your project will be changed to Cross…Dissolves. Titles, voiceovers, sound effects and music tracks will not be…exported and neither will be cropping or any animated effects, such as the Ken…Burns effect. I will go ahead and name the project, then choose Save.…

Going back to Final Cut Express, we need to go to Import and choose XML from…

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11/25/2008

Final Cut Express 4 has brought professional video editing to the weekend editor. In Final Cut Express 4 Essential Training, Final Cut Pro Certified Professional and digital video specialist Lonzell Watson teaches the fundamentals of this software. He shows how Final Cut Express, along with its included program, LiveType 2, offers the power to create animated graphics, perform detailed color correction for broadcast-safe results, and make audio edits. He also provides detailed instruction on how to get finished videos out to the world through DVD authoring, exporting to the web, and optimizing for iPods and other mobile devices. Exercise files accompany the course.

Topics include:

Adjusting the workspace and preferences for any video creator

Bringing content in from outside sources, including tape, photos, and iMovie '08 projects

Creating a story through storyboarding, editing with audio cues, and setting transitions

Understanding the difference between Final Cut Express and Final Cut Pro